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| ----------------- Bulletin Message ------------ Viet Nam Memorial "The Wall" Vandalized From: Combat Helicopter Pilots Association Date: Sep 11, 2007 9:47 AM Smitty is a friend of ours in Washington D.C. ... Please Repost! It is absolutely disgusting that someone would do this!!! And whoever did this -- for the rest of their miserable lives it is hoped that they live with the shame of knowing they tarnished a memorial to 58,256 heroes. Thank You -- -Your Friends at CHPA. ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: LoriDarlin' Date: Sep 11, 2007 7:17 AM This is from my buddy Smitty. As you can see he is offering a $1000 reward. Please Repost. Thank you. And whoever did this ... God have mercy on your sorry ass, because the rest of us won't! -Lori. ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: SMITTY Date: Sep 11, 2007 12:52 AM During the night time hours of September 7th, 2006 some unknown person or persons damaged the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. by splashing some type of petroleum based liquid on the panels and marble at the base of the Wall causing permanent damage. This unknown liquid etched the polished portion of the marble and made it hard to read some of the names. On Sept. 10th National Park Service had someone come in with a pressure washer and attempt to remove this unknown liquid. That may have been cleaned off but the damage is there permanently. Approximately 20 panels were damaged. I will personally pay a cash reward of $ 1,000 for information that confirms the identity of the person or persons responsible for this vandalism. I can not prove it but I believe this to have been done by the same anti-war crowd that spray painted anti-war graffiti on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building and spit on a wounded soldier who was on crutches due to loosing a leg in Iraq to an IED. These are the same people that have a big protest and march planned for this Saturday in Washington (check out Gathering of Eagles for more information). www.gatheringofeagles.org There were some among this crowd that attempted to deface the Memorial last March but were caught with cans of spray paint and arrested by Park Police. Please repost this. My space reaches millions of people and there is someone out there who knows the jerk who did this. I want to know who that was ! I posted pictures of some of the damage done to the Wall and you can see that by clicking on "my pics". SMITTY'S MYSPACE -- Click Here I don't care what your politics are. I don't care what you think about the war ... NO ONE has the right to damage Memorials to the men and women that have fought and died for the freedoms these assholes take advantage of, and NO ONE has the right to spit on a defenseless wounded soldier on crutches ! If this message were to reach the coward or cowards that did this, then this message is for you "COME SPIT ON ME ... I'M NOT ON CRUTCHES AND WILL HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!" Thanks for getting the word out! -Smitty. http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm15c3BhY2UuY29tL2hhcmxleXNlZHVjZQ== Comments From: Steve Date: Sep 11, 2007 10:08 PM The people responsible for this should be placed in a room with Veteran's for at least five minutes. They can fall down a lot in five minutes. ----------------- Bulletin Message ----------------- From: Cold War Service Medal Date: Sep 11, 2007 11:51 AM I say beat them then deport them to Gitmo!!!!!!!!! From: Stacey Nicole Date: Sep 11, 2007 7:56 AM *** side note. I told my husband about this last night, and he hopes no mercy is shown to the a-- who did this. I completely agree. - stacey *** |
Ohio Soldier's Remains Found in Iraq
Monday, March 31, 2008 6:26:22 AM
By TERRY KINNEY
Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin's parents vowed to never let the U.S. Army forget about finding their son.
Their efforts included trips to the Pentagon and even meeting with President Bush, but they ended in disappointment Sunday: An Army
general told them the remains of Maupin, a soldier who had been listed as missing-captured in Iraq since 2004, had been found.
"My heart sinks, but I know they can't hurt him anymore," Keith Maupin said after receiving word about the remains of his son, who went by
Matt.
The Army didn't say how or where in Iraq his son's remains were discovered, only that the identification was made with DNA testing,
Maupin said. A shirt similar to the one his son was wearing at the time of his disappearance was also found.
The Army was continuing its investigation, Maupin said.
Lt. Lee Packnett, an Army public affairs officer in Washington, said an official statement about the identification would be released
Monday.
Matt Maupin was a 20-year-old private first class when he was captured April 9, 2004, after his fuel convoy, part of the Bartonville,
Ill.-based 724th Transportation Company, was ambushed west of Baghdad.
A week later, the Arab television network Al-Jazeera aired a videotape showing a stunned-looking Maupin wearing camouflage and a
floppy desert hat, sitting on the floor surrounded by five masked men holding automatic rifles.
That June, Al-Jazeera aired another tape purporting to show a U.S. soldier being shot. But the dark and grainy tape showed only the back
of the victim's head and not the execution.
The Maupins refused to believe their son was dead. They lobbied hard for the Army to continue listing him as missing-captured, fearing
that another designation would undermine efforts to find him.
The Pentagon agreed to give the Maupins regular briefings, and Bush met with them when he traveled to Cincinnati.
Keith Maupin said the Army told him soon after his son's capture that there was only a 50 percent chance he would be found alive. He
said he doesn't hold the Army responsible for his son's death, but that he did hold the Army responsible for bringing his son home.
"I told them when we'd go up to the Pentagon, whether he walks off a plane or is carried off, you're not going to leave him in Iraq like you
did those guys in Vietnam," Maupin said.
Keith Maupin and his ex-wife, Carolyn, held a candlelight vigil Sunday night outside the Yellow Ribbon Support Center in Batavia, an office
they used to package thousands of boxes of donated snacks and toiletries for shipment to soldiers in Iraq.
"It hurts," Carolyn Maupin said. "After you go through almost four years of hope, and this is what happens, it's like a letdown, so I'm trying
to get through that right now."
The Maupins were told by an Army official on Friday to expect an update on their son over the weekend, Keith Maupin said. The Army
broke the news about their son's remains at a somber meeting.
"When you look out there in the parking lot and see a three-star general get out of a car, you know it ain't good news," Keith Maupin said.
Matt Maupin graduated from Glen Este High School, just east of Cincinnati, in 2001 and attended the University of Cincinnati for a year
before joining the Army Reserves.
Dan Simmons, the athletic director at Glen Este, remembered him as a quiet but hardworking backup player on the school's football
team.
"Matt was a selfless kid on the football field," Simmons said. "He did whatever the coaches told him. He wasn't a starter, but he made the
other kids play harder."
A month after his capture, Maupin was promoted to the rank of specialist. In April 2005, he was promoted to sergeant.
Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Copyright © 2006 Velocity Services, Inc. All rights reserved.
Our Thoughts and Prayers go out to the Family and Friends of
Sgt Matt Maupin. May he Rest in Peace, and may God Watch
over him.
John
Monday, March 31, 2008 6:26:22 AM
By TERRY KINNEY
Sgt. Keith Matthew Maupin's parents vowed to never let the U.S. Army forget about finding their son.
Their efforts included trips to the Pentagon and even meeting with President Bush, but they ended in disappointment Sunday: An Army
general told them the remains of Maupin, a soldier who had been listed as missing-captured in Iraq since 2004, had been found.
"My heart sinks, but I know they can't hurt him anymore," Keith Maupin said after receiving word about the remains of his son, who went by
Matt.
The Army didn't say how or where in Iraq his son's remains were discovered, only that the identification was made with DNA testing,
Maupin said. A shirt similar to the one his son was wearing at the time of his disappearance was also found.
The Army was continuing its investigation, Maupin said.
Lt. Lee Packnett, an Army public affairs officer in Washington, said an official statement about the identification would be released
Monday.
Matt Maupin was a 20-year-old private first class when he was captured April 9, 2004, after his fuel convoy, part of the Bartonville,
Ill.-based 724th Transportation Company, was ambushed west of Baghdad.
A week later, the Arab television network Al-Jazeera aired a videotape showing a stunned-looking Maupin wearing camouflage and a
floppy desert hat, sitting on the floor surrounded by five masked men holding automatic rifles.
That June, Al-Jazeera aired another tape purporting to show a U.S. soldier being shot. But the dark and grainy tape showed only the back
of the victim's head and not the execution.
The Maupins refused to believe their son was dead. They lobbied hard for the Army to continue listing him as missing-captured, fearing
that another designation would undermine efforts to find him.
The Pentagon agreed to give the Maupins regular briefings, and Bush met with them when he traveled to Cincinnati.
Keith Maupin said the Army told him soon after his son's capture that there was only a 50 percent chance he would be found alive. He
said he doesn't hold the Army responsible for his son's death, but that he did hold the Army responsible for bringing his son home.
"I told them when we'd go up to the Pentagon, whether he walks off a plane or is carried off, you're not going to leave him in Iraq like you
did those guys in Vietnam," Maupin said.
Keith Maupin and his ex-wife, Carolyn, held a candlelight vigil Sunday night outside the Yellow Ribbon Support Center in Batavia, an office
they used to package thousands of boxes of donated snacks and toiletries for shipment to soldiers in Iraq.
"It hurts," Carolyn Maupin said. "After you go through almost four years of hope, and this is what happens, it's like a letdown, so I'm trying
to get through that right now."
The Maupins were told by an Army official on Friday to expect an update on their son over the weekend, Keith Maupin said. The Army
broke the news about their son's remains at a somber meeting.
"When you look out there in the parking lot and see a three-star general get out of a car, you know it ain't good news," Keith Maupin said.
Matt Maupin graduated from Glen Este High School, just east of Cincinnati, in 2001 and attended the University of Cincinnati for a year
before joining the Army Reserves.
Dan Simmons, the athletic director at Glen Este, remembered him as a quiet but hardworking backup player on the school's football
team.
"Matt was a selfless kid on the football field," Simmons said. "He did whatever the coaches told him. He wasn't a starter, but he made the
other kids play harder."
A month after his capture, Maupin was promoted to the rank of specialist. In April 2005, he was promoted to sergeant.
Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Copyright © 2006 Velocity Services, Inc. All rights reserved.
Our Thoughts and Prayers go out to the Family and Friends of
Sgt Matt Maupin. May he Rest in Peace, and may God Watch
over him.
John
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